Category: Earth Community

  • What Is Cultural Heritage

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    I’ve spent a lot of time in Croatia these last ten years visiting my now 95 year-old mother. Since I always identified strongly with my heritage I thought I would instantly fit in. Of course that didn’t happen. I’ve lived in the United States for the majority of my life and while I have a…

  • How Traditional Societies Harvest Rainwater

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    In her show Sunita Narain talks about her journey through India’s villages where she learned about the extraordinary ways in which traditional societies harvest rainwater.

  • Integrating Traditional Knowledge into our Contemporary Society

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    Bijendra Gogoi perfectly expresses my sentiments about traditional knowledge in the June 2nd issue of The Sentinel. The great Indian philosopher Swami Vivekananda said, “But out of the past is built the future. Look back, therefore, as far as you can, drink deep of the eternal fountains that are behind, and after that, look forward,…

  • Planted Expo – North America’s Biggest Plant-Based Event of the Year!

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    Planted Expo, North America’s largest plant-based event, is set to return to Vancouver this summer for its 10th consecutive year. Scheduled to take place from June 1st to June 2nd at the Vancouver Convention Centre, the expo aims to celebrate and promote plant-based living and sustainability. With over 200 exhibitors, Planted Expo offers attendees the…

  • Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change and Traditional Knowledge

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    This discussion brings to the fore the perspectives of indigenous peoples and other key stakeholders on the ways forward to promoting traditional knowledge and explores pathways to innovations that can support the creation of indigenous led green enterprises and jobs. To learn more about ILO’s work on indigenous and tribal peoples, visit www.ilo.org/indigenous.

  • Fairphone Focused on Sustainability

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    Kudos to Fairphone! With customers on average upgrading their phones every 2.7 years and less than 5% of materials available for reuse, phones create a monumental amount of e-waste. That’s the issue Fairphone is trying to tackle. The manufacturer is focused on sustainability, relying on fair-trade sourcing and fair labor practices, and using recycled materials in…

  • Food

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    Here are a couple of interesting blurbs about food you may want to share: Who knew? …new evidence suggests that if you eat enough spinach, it’s basically like taking steroids. It sounds crazy, but it’s backed by the results of a scientific study led by a team of researchers from the Institute of Pharmacy at Freie Universität…

  • Fair Trade, Carbon Neutral Rum – Woohoo!!

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    Not to sound like a total ad for this rum, but their dedication to the environment, their workers and community is pretty impressive: In 2017, Flor de Caña became Fair Trade certified (by U.S.-based organization Fair Trade USA), assuring consumers that the rum is sustainably produced in compliance with over 300 rigorous labour, social and…

  • The Importance of a Healthy Gut

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    In his blog “Turning the Tide” Dr. David Glass discusses pre-biotics, probiotics and most recently – postbiotics. Post-biotics are metabolites of the bacteria in the intestine that have beneficial activities on the body.  These include short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) such as propionate, butyrate and acetate (vinegar).  I remember learning about these substances way back in…

  • Buru Island Fishermen Profit from Small Scale Fishing Through Fair Trade

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    For all you sushi lovers out there concerned about the issue of overfishing, you’ll be happy to learn about how Anova Food, LLC, (who leads the industry in global sourcing of wild caught and sustainably harvested tuna) was able to work with local fishermen and processors in Indonesia to insure sustainable fishing practices. An article…